Category: ATC/ATM

Smuggling Attempt Thwarted on Calif. Coast

A collaborative effort between the Border Patrol and the Oceanside Harbor, Calif., police department prevented a maritime smuggling attempt early Friday morning as 22 foreign nationals who illegally entered the country at sea were...

FAA Pressed To Allow Drone Flights in non Segregated Air Space

FAA Pressed To Allow Drone Flights in non Segregated Air Space

  Unmanned aircraft have proved their usefulness and reliability in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the pressure’s on to allow them in the skies over the United States. The Federal Aviation...

Border Patrol at 19,000 Feet Along Texas Border

Border Patrol at 19,000 Feet Along Texas Border

A Predator UAV climbed into the early morning Arizona sky June 1 and headed east to conduct the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s first surveillance flight along the U.S.-Mexican border in Texas. Cruising at...

3,000 Laptops Stolen From Mil Contractor

Thieves allegedly took an estimated 3,000 laptop computers from the Florida warehouse of a military contractor, police said. The thieves arrived by car at iGov Technologies in Tampa, a contractor for the top secret...

Turkish minister reveals purchase of 27 attack helicopters

Turkish minister reveals purchase of 27 attack helicopters

Today’s Zaman (Turkey) Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül has said that, in addition to an earlier decision to buy nine Italian AgustaWestland-made A129 attack helicopters, Turkey has also decided to lease nine A129s to meet...

White House To Streamline Arms Export License Process

White House To Streamline Arms Export License Process

U.S. President Barack Obama plans to send Congress legislation this year to create a single agency to issue arms export licenses, the chief of the National Security Council said June 30. The new agency...

New agency will house export rules

New agency will house export rules

National Security Adviser James Jones on Wednesday announced the creation of a new and independent agency that will merge all export licensing activities under a board of directors reporting to the president. The move,...

Pentagon: high-tech intelligence tools more than big guns and heavy armor

Pentagon: high-tech intelligence tools more than big guns and heavy armor

Boeing has agreed to acquire Argon ST for USD775 million in a deal value that exceeds previous estimates for the C4ISR specialist, reflecting strong rival bidding from Boeing’s peers. This acquisition reflect a shift...

Military Video Surveillance Systems Market $7.7bn in 2010

Military Video Surveillance Systems Market $7.7bn in 2010

Full-Motion Video for ISR’ reveals one of the new emerging technologies to come out of the growth in ground and airborne surveillance and in particular the increase in UAV deployment. Assessed is that worldwide...

In Europe, U.S. Allies Target Defense Budgets

In Europe, U.S. Allies Target Defense Budgets

European governments’ budget-slashing efforts are expected to cut deep into the Continent’s defense spending, widening the gulf between U.S. and European military capabilities. Governments in France, Germany, Spain and Italy, in rolling out recent...

Finmeccanica update: Board of directors designates senior managers of group companies

Finmeccanica SpA’s board of directors has approved the designation of the following senior managers at its subsidiaries: • Giuseppe Giordo, currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alenia North America and Deputy General Manager...

SWIM SUIT prototype delivered

SWIM SUIT prototype delivered

SWIM-SUIT, which has a value of 12 million Euros, relied on a contribution of about 50% from the European Commission. The project, born within the 6 Framework programme of the European Union, represents one...

U.S. Signs 2nd-Stage U.S.-EU Aviation Agreement

Cynthia Stroum, the US Ambassador to Luxembourg and Susan Kurland, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, along with representatives of the European Union (EU) and its 27 member...

New Marine One (Boeing 101) will be too late for Obama

New Marine One (Boeing 101) will be too late for Obama

Since President Dwight Eisenhower started using them in the mid-1950s, helicopters have become a routine part of presidential life and the sight of the large green-and-white craft lifting off from the South Lawn of...

US to deploy drones to shore up border with Mexico

US to deploy drones to shore up border with Mexico

The United States plans to deploy two drone aircraft along the Texas-Mexico border as part of a new effort to stem organized crime and illegal immigration. The two Predator drones will be used to...

Gregory S. Martin appointed to Alenia North America’s Board of Directors

 “We look forward to General Martin joining Alenia North America’s Board of Directors”, said ADM Gregory Johnson, USN (Ret.), Chairman, Board of Directors, Alenia North America, Inc. “General Martin’s experience as commander of AFMC,...

NGC Successfully Demos Naval S-Band Radar Testbed

Northrop Grumman Corporation has marked a significant milestone in the development of advanced surface warfare radars with the successful live outdoor testing of the company’s S-band radar testbed. Northrop Grumman successfully conducted live outdoor...

High-Tech X-ray Detects Illegal Exportation

High-Tech X-ray Detects Illegal Exportation

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped an illegal exportation of currency. CBP officers conducting southbound operations searched a vehicle utilizing a high-tech x-ray machine which led to the discovery of the illegal exportation...

Dubai: 136 M$ for security: cameras ‘everywhere’

The bustling Gulf city currently has 25,000 security cameras, but “surveillance needs to be ramped up to meet the growing requirements of an expanding city,”  told The National newspaper. “We need to work according...